Still Life (Murder on Ireland's Eye)
About this episode
The episode discusses the 1852 murder case of Maria Kirwan on Ireland's Eye.
In September of 1852, Maria Kirwan and her husband took a small ferry boat from the seaside town of Howth to a little island called Ireland's Eye. Both Kirwan' stepped off the ferry boat, full of excitement for the pleasant day ahead. The Kirwan's planned to swim and sketch and eat a delicious picnic lunch. What they didn't plan though, was that by the end of that day, only one of them would be getting back on that ferryboat....alive. Join us for our 6th St. Paddy's day episode as we discuss the ancient but fascinating cold case that shocked an entire community among the beautiful Irish landscape. Click to learn more (sources) https://ragingfluff.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/the-irelands-eye-murder-case-1852/ https://crowehistory.com/2018/11/09/the-irelands-eye-murder-case/ https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kirwan-william.htm#google_vignette https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/irelands-eye-murder https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/death-on-ireland-s-eye-tragedy-and-mystery-on-a-lonely-patch-of-rocky-shore-1.4792036 Briggs, Katharine – An Encyclopedia of Fairies (1976) Croker, Thomas Crofton – Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825) Wilde, Lady Jane –…
People in this episode
Hosts: Holly Knapp, Leslie Weidel
Topics covered
- murder
- cold case
- Ireland
- true crime
- history
- mystery
Keywords
- Maria Kirwan
- Ireland's Eye
- murder case
- 1852
- true crime
- cold case
- Howth
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Ireland's Eye, Howth
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